Topic: TALKING BACK AT THE TALKBACK (Read 1913 times)

John G. · « **Reply #120 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:07:58 PM »

Five!

John G. · « **Reply #121 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:08:14 PM »

Back from dance. Exhausted.

John G. · « **Reply #122 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:09:05 PM »

I haven’t watched a movie in days.

John G. · « **Reply #123 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:09:17 PM »

Maybe tonight.

singdaw · « **Reply #124 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:20:03 PM »

We got an inch of snow this afternoon.

singdaw · « **Reply #125 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:20:18 PM »

Good night, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #126 on:** March 30, 2025, 07:20:25 PM »

And others.

bk · « **Reply #127 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:03:53 PM »

Back from our matinee, talkback, and then a meal.

bk · « **Reply #128 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:04:13 PM »

Matinee was completely sold out, so I had to stand.

bk · « **Reply #129 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:05:25 PM »

A great, great audience and I'd spoken to the cast pre-show and told them to be careful about stepping on laughs. They were, and they got laugh after laugh because of it. Show played beautifully and the audience loved it.

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:08:41 PM »

The only thing wrong was when our leading lady's mic went out late in act two - apparently a battery got dislodged - how is anyone's guess - but she had to be sans mic for her big solo - she's a pro and projected, but it's her big moment and I was pretty upset about it because commons sense would dictate that a replacement mic and pack should always be there for an emergency. She has a costume change before her next scene and if they'd had it ready and had texted our backstage workers to have it standing by, they could have swapped it out. But no one thinks of these scenarios - but from here on in that is exactly what we're going to do.

bk · « **Reply #131 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:08:58 PM »

Great applause at the end.

bk · « **Reply #132 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:11:18 PM »

Lots stayed for the talkback so that was really fun. I spoke quite a bit and was, I suppose, feeling my oats, laughs-wise, so I was getting quite a few big ones. Lots of wonderful comments about my staging and Doug mentioned that I'd done most of the numbers, so that was nice. I spent lots of time complementing the cast.

bk · « **Reply #133 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:12:09 PM »

We had a sub on trumpet, and like the sub reed player, I like her better than the real guy.

bk · « **Reply #134 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:13:42 PM »

Then our musical director has thrown us a real bonafide curve ball, saying he has to miss the Friday show in two weeks. Say what? Never part of the deal and I certainly wouldn't trust a sub to come in and attempt to play this score cold. He swears he'll work with whomever it is but I'm not thrilled by the idea.

bk · « **Reply #135 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:14:24 PM »

But the fact is, he can't find a sub and he's called about twelve people in. Perhaps ChasSmith would like to fly in and do it.

bk · « **Reply #136 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:14:42 PM »

Or occasional dear reader Matthew.

bk · « **Reply #137 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:15:40 PM »

He's begging Doug to cancel the show and add a performance, but they're not set up to do that, to add, and they absolutely cannot cancel as they've already sold over a thousand bucks in tickets for that week.

bk · « **Reply #138 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:15:56 PM »

Crazy.

bk · « **Reply #139 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:32:55 PM »

I didn't care for the restaurant we went to for various reasons.

bk · « **Reply #140 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:33:07 PM »

But I'll say more in the notes.

John G. · « **Reply #141 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:33:16 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 30, 2025, 07:20:03 PM

We got an inch of snow this afternoon.

My deepest condolences

bk · « **Reply #142 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:33:17 PM »

I'm exhausted.

bk · « **Reply #143 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:33:39 PM »

Perhaps I'll sit on my couch and see if there's anything to watch.

John G. · « **Reply #144 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:35:30 PM »

What a nightmare about your music director, BK. Highly unprofessional.

John G. · « **Reply #145 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:37:22 PM »

I am watching a movie, a Japanese flick from Japan called Evil Does Not Exist. It's about a small community up in arms over a plan to bring a glamping site into their pristine area.

John G. · « **Reply #146 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:38:39 PM »

It's from the director of Drive My Car, which I loved. His name is Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

John G. · « **Reply #147 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:38:58 PM »

Let's dump this page.

John G. · « **Reply #148 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:39:19 PM »

Six is waiting.

John G. · « **Reply #149 on:** March 30, 2025, 08:39:27 PM »

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